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7th Grade Chapter 5.2 Quiz

True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

 1. 
Twenty colonists were killed during the Boston Massacre.
 

 2. 
The committee of correspondence was a system of writing letter between the colonial governors and the king.
 

 3. 
Parliament successfully isolated Boston from the rest of the colonies by passing the Coercive Acts.
 

 4. 
At the time of the Boston Tea Party, most colonists still considered themselves members of the British empire.
 

 5. 
The Boston Massacre helped repeal the Townshend Acts.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 6. 
Some colonists celebrated the dramatic act of defiance known as the
a.
Intolerable Acts.
c.
Boston Massacre.
b.
Coercive Acts.
d.
Boston Tea Party.
 

 7. 
Anti-British feelings among the colonists grew more intense because of Paul Revere's engraving of the
a.
Boston Massacre.
c.
Liberty Affair.
b.
Intolerable Acts.
d.
Boston Tea Party.
 

 8. 
When Britain learned that the colonies were on the brink of rebellion in 1768, Parliament responded by
a.
closing Boston Harbor.
c.
sending troops to Boston.
b.
sending a letter to the colonies.
d.
doing nothing.
 

 9. 
The colonial name for laws that banned town meetings in Massachusetts was
a.
the Navigation Acts.
c.
the Coercive Acts.
b.
the Intolerable Acts.
d.
the Boston Tea Party.
 

 10. 
Which act gave the East India Company an advantage over colonial merchants?
a.
Sugar Act
c.
Tea Act
b.
Declaratory Act
d.
Stamp Act
 

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
victim of Boston Massacre
d.
Samuel Adams
b.
committee of correspondence
e.
George III
c.
Coercive Acts
 

 11. 
closed Boston Harbor
 

 12. 
Crispus Attucks
 

 13. 
ruler of Britain
 

 14. 
circulated colonists' grievances
 

 15. 
participant in Boston Tea Party
 



 
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